CVE-2017-6157

high F5
CVSS v3 Base Score
8.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
6.9%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 9% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: October 27, 2017 (3120 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: F5
Source: NVD

Description

In F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, GTM, Link Controller, PEM and Websafe software version 12.0.0 to 12.1.1, 11.6.0 to 11.6.1, 11.5.0 - 11.5.4, virtual servers with a configuration using the HTTP Explicit Proxy functionality and/or SOCKS profile are vulnerable to an unauthenticated, remote attack that allows modification of BIG-IP system configuration, extraction of sensitive system files, and/or possible remote command execution on the BIG-IP system.

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

f5 big-ip local traffic managerf5 big-ip application acceleration managerf5 big-ip advanced firewall managerf5 big-ip access policy managerf5 big-ip application security managerf5 big-ip link controllerf5 big-ip policy enforcement managerf5 big-ip websafe

References

🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 support.f5.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com